Bake & Taste

Emma has turned into quite the little baker. Her favorite thing to do is help mommy make buttercream frosting (particularly chocolate) and then do some personal clean-up. Here she is helping mommy "clean" the beaters;

The after effects of the cleaning:


And finally, enjoying the entire finished product of cupcake with chocolate frosting. Notice how adept Emma has become at the "fistful stuff" method of eating her sweets (not to mention the wonderfully disgusting array of foods she switches between while eating her sweets, here it is cupcake, oranges and chicken noodle soup, none of which were allowed to be removed from her sight):

Ballerina!

Emma loves to dance and play ballerina. Here she is practicing her pirouettes:

And here she is practicing her curtsy:

Mommy thinks she has a future on the stage!

Hanging out

From last week, when Emma and Daddy weren't feeling all that well...

Visitors from Chicago!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Granny came to visit today. We had a TON of fun!

Emma seems to have a lot of fun hanging out on shelves. Here she is, pretending she's an animal in the zoo and talking to Grandma through the bars.


Here's Emma, Grandpa, and the birdhouse that Grandpa made. We love it!


Emma and Grandma had a lot of fun playing with Emma's big blue ball. She loves throwing it and bouncing on it, if she can find somebody to help her out...

And finally, a picture of all of our visitors!

We had a great time today - it was so much fun to see you guys!

Fun with Papa

Emma loves playing with her Papa. Here she is turning him into a mountain she was happy to scale again and again:

Here she is resting at the top of Mt. Papa:


And here she is using Papa's head as a trampoline:

Thanks for being so patient and for the hours of entertainment Papa!

Gingerbread House

Daddy got a Gingerbread House for the holidays which he finally got around to decorating with Emma. Here she is preparing to whip the icing:

Helping to decorate (we won't tell you how much of the candy decorated her mouth instead of the house):

And her pride in showing off her finished product:

Ultrasound pictures of Sarah!

Melissa went in for an additional ultrasound today (nothing to worry about, by the way - Sarah just wasn't cooperating last time around). The tech took some extra pictures, and we wanted to share them. Enjoy!

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Face-on:


Sarah waving for the camera:

Little helper

We took a few pictures from the last time that it snowed. This is one of my favorites!